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4:15 AM ET, November 30, 2019

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Kate Sullivan / CNN:

House GOP members are ‘absolutely disgusted and exhausted’ by Trump's behavior, former GOP congressman says — (CNN)Former Republican congressman Charlie Dent said Thursday some of his former colleagues in the House of Representatives have privately told him they are “absolutely disgusted and exhausted by the President's behavior.”

Lee Moran / HuffPost:

Ex-GOP House Member Reveals What Republican Lawmakers Say About Donald Trump In Private — Former Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania lifted the lid on what many of his ex-colleagues are saying — and explained why they won't yet speak out against Trump. — A former GOP lawmaker on Thursday spilled …

Discussion: Progress Pond

Catie Edmondson / New York Times:

Where's Lindsey? After G.O.P. Outcry, Graham Emerges as a Trump Defender — After initially resisting calls to lead Republicans' impeachment counteroffensive, the senator has now taken on the role with zeal. — WASHINGTON — Late last month, as damaging revelations about President Trump began piling …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE and HotAir

Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:

Dems ask Trump if he wants lawyers at impeachment hearings — 1 of 2 — WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is asking President Donald Trump to say whether he'll send his attorneys to participate in impeachment proceedings before the panel.

Discussion: Washington Post and The Daily Caller

Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Democrats set December 6 deadline for White House to say if it will participate in impeachment proceedings

Discussion: The Daily Caller, UPI and New York Post

Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Your impeachment questions, answered

Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Hill

Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:

Louis C.K. tells Israeli crowd 'I'd rather be in Auschwitz than New York City' — Disgraced comedian Louis C.K.'s comeback trail took him through Israel where he talked about how brutal the bright lights of New York City can be. — “I'd rather be in Auschwitz than New York City,” he joked.

Discussion: Mediaite

Washington Post:

Trump's talk of Afghanistan cease-fire appears to surprise the Taliban, Afghan government — President Trump's confident assertion that the Taliban is ready and even eager for a cease-fire demanded by the United States in Afghanistan's 18-year-old war may be more wishful thinking than reality.

Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
In Afghanistan, Trump Creates Confusion Over U.S. Policy on Taliban

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and HuffPost

Kristin Fisher / Fox News:
Inside President Trump's secret trip to Afghanistan

Discussion: PJ Media Home

Kate Sullivan / CNN:

Republican running to challenge Rep. Ilhan Omar has Twitter account permanently suspended — (CNN)A Republican candidate running to challenge Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota had her Twitter account permanently suspended for repeated violations of Twitter rules, according to a Twitter spokesperson.

Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Twitter Bans GOP Rival Of Rep. Ilhan Omar Who Called For Her Lynching

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, LGBTQ Nation and Mediaite

Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:

Top human rights post goes vacant as Trump nominee confronts links to post-9/11 torture program — President Trump's decision to nominate an official involved in the Pentagon's post-9/11 use of harsh interrogation techniques to the State Department's top human rights post has sparked a standoff …

Ashraf Khalil / Associated Press:

Party like a spy: Spookstock is intel world's hush-hush bash — In this image provided by Mark Kelton, Lenny Kravitz, the headliner at this years Spookstock concert poses with Army Gen. Tony Thomas, former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, at the annual Spookstock event …

CNN:

Russian mercenaries fight shadowy battle in gas-rich Mozambique — (CNN)A deployment of Russian guns-for-hire, with links to the Kremlin, has sustained casualties in its fight against Islamist militants in Mozambique, multiple sources have told CNN. — In another example of Russia's growing reach …

Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:

Alarmists Propose Rebranding ‘Climate Change’ for Greater Shock Value — Climate change alarmists are pushing for a change in vocabulary to scare people into taking global warming more seriously, starting with terms like “global meltdown” and “climate collapse.”

Susan Simpson / Just Security:

Here's the Proof that Trump's “No Quid Pro Quo” Call Never Happened — At the heart of the impeachment inquiry, members of Congress may have been mistakenly led to believe that there were two phone calls between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland in early September …

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Hullabaloo, emptywheel, Raw Story and Law & Crime

BBC:

London Bridge: Two killed in stabbing attack — Two members of the public have died after a stabbing attack at London Bridge, in which police also shot dead the suspect. — The Met Police has declared the attack a terrorist incident. — The suspect, who died at the scene …

Discussion: Mediaite, ABC News, New York Times, The Atlantic, PJ Media Home, Joe.My.God., FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV and Boston Herald

Brittany Vonow / The Sun:
TERROR RETURNS TO LONDON London Bridge attack …

Discussion: New York Post, Breitbart and The Daily Caller

ICE:

ICE arrests child sexual predator released twice by local law enforcement, despite ICE detainer — PHILADELPHIA — Nov. 27, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested unlawfully present Guatemalan national for sexual abuse against children after he was released from police custody.

Reuters:

Are you ‘brain-dead’? Turkey's Erdogan raps Macron before NATO summit — ISTANBUL/PARIS (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Emmanuel Macron's warning that NATO was dying reflects a “sick and shallow” understanding, telling the French president “you should check whether you are brain dead”.

Chantal Da Silva / Newsweek:

‘A Warning’ By Anonymous Topples Donald Trump Jr.'s ‘Triggered’ Book As No. 1 Bestseller — A tell-all book about the Trump administration penned by an anonymous senior White House official appears to have taken the top spot on The New York Times' bestseller list for non-fiction, toppling Donald Trump Jr.'s own tome, Triggered.

Discussion: The Guardian and The Wrap

James Walker / Newsweek: White House ‘Obstruction’ of Impeachment ‘Worse’ than Nixon During Watergate, Says Former Acting Solicitor General

Joseph Cranney / Post and Courier:

He defended the Confederate flag and insulted immigrants. Now he's an SC judge. — When South Carolina lawmakers confirmed a batch of new magistrates this year, one nominee stood out from the pack: Mike Pitts. — The former state House member had made a name for himself in Columbia …

Discussion: Jezebel and Law & Crime